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Beyond Measure Day 2 Hop

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Hi friends! Welcome to day 2 of our November Release Spotlight Hops! Over the next couple of days the Divas and our November Guests will be sharing their first looks at two brand new sets and coordinating die sets that are releasing this Friday, November 4. Each day we're running a comment prize drawing to win the new products, so be sure to give a little shout out for each of the projects as you hop about. I'm the first stop along today's hop, so let's get to hopping.

Today's featured set is Beyond Measure, a faith inspired Christmas set perfect for putting the focus on the true meaning of Christmas. The set also coordinates with the new Christmas Spirit Die Set.

From the first moment I put my hands on this set, I knew I wanted to make a card with the holy family silhouette front and center with just a watercolor wash. So the other day when Trevor was home sick and begging me to paint, he painted hands connected with rainbows and I made this quick, fun little card with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. I embossed the image in white on watercolor paper, then did the watercolor wash, hand tearing the edges. I splattered a bit of watered down gesso for a snowy look, then embossed the sentiment in white. When everything was dry, I added a bit of shadow around the image and text with a Copic marker to make things stand out. I finished with a jingle bell/ribbon embellishment and some super distressed edges to add lots of texture.

Okay, that's all from me today. Thanks so much for hopping by! I hope you have a fabulous time along the hop!

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog today for the full hop list, a little more about our new products and all the prize info and deadlines!

This is stunning. Love the blue, silver & white combo.Always love the distressed look (tho my sister says it distresses HER, lol) and as you said, this is superdistressed. And love the water downed gesso ... genius!

This is GORGEOUS, Julee. You really know how to showcase the Verve stamps and dies SO beautifully. I am just LOVING everything I've seen. Verve always has such sweet releases.Karen Letchworthwww.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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I'm Julee Tilman, owner and Illustrator for Verve Stamps and founder of the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I'm also Mama to six year old identical twin boys. To read a little bit more about me click here.

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This blog is for personal inspiration only and all projects are my original designs unless otherwise stated. I own Verve Stamps and have also received products and materials to work with from several generous companies over the years. While I have received free products from these companies, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of their products. I will never recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy. Some posts contain affiliate links to Amazon.com. If you buy products from Amazon by clicking my links, I get a small commission. This does not affect the price of the items your purchase.